Course Description
Students will work with small groups of secondary school pupils to implement lessons and assess student learning.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will apply the additional readings in Teaching
Secondary School Mathematics II to their activities with students
and in their reflections.
Athena Title
Field Experience II
Undergraduate Prerequisite
EMAT 4800L/6800L
Graduate Prerequisite
EMAT 4800L/6800L
Undergraduate Corequisite
EMAT 4850/6850
Graduate Corequisite
EMAT 4850/6850
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
This laboratory course requires students to apply what they learn in Teaching Secondary School Mathematics II when working with secondary school pupils in small group settings. Students will work with small groups of pupils. Students will plan and implement lessons that attend to issues of equity, learning styles, and differentiation. Students will reflect on their teaching to assess and improve it. Assessing pupil learning and lesson effectiveness in a variety of ways.
Topical Outline
Across the semester students will will work with small groups of middle grades pupils from different levels of courses to: * plan and implement small group instruction * modify tasks for different types of learners while maintaining the same content focus * differentiate instruction for students within a group and differentiate instruction across groups * manage communication in a small group * debrief each interaction with peers * self-assess student learning * self-assess instruction and plan modifications to future instruction based on evidence of student learning
Syllabus